248 LXXXA'III. CONTOLYULACE.E. 



conspicuous beneath ; petioles lg-3 in. long, softly velvety. Flowers 

 in corvnibosely branched, usually many-flowered cymes ; peduncles 

 1-4 ill. long, stout ; bracts quickly deciduous ; pedicels 1 in, long and 

 more, thickened in fruit. Sepals subequal, nearly | in. long, orbicular- 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous or finely jjiibescent, somewhat succulent, a 

 little enlarged in fruit. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 3 in. long, pale- 

 violet, dark-purple within the tube ; lobes of the limb usually con- 

 spicuous. Capsules | in. in diam., globose, glabrous, enclosed in the 

 enlarged sepals. Seeds with silky hairs which often exceed | in. long. 

 ri. B. I. V. 4, p. 211; Grab. Cat. p. 131 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 165; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 221 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 251 ; A^oodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171.— Flowers : Oct.-Mar. Yern. 

 Tamharvel ; Tiiyehni. 



KoNKAN : Law\\ billy parts, Graham; Wari jungles, i)«/5'e/i? tf- Gibson. DrccAN : 

 Mawal (Poona districts), Woodrov) ; Fitzgerald Gh;it, below Mahableshwar, Cooke ! 

 S. M. CouNTHY : Dharwar, Woodrow ; Belgaum, Ritclde, 473! Kanara: Halihal 

 (N. Kauara), Talbot l—Di^iRi-R. India (W. Peninsula) ; Cejlon, Malaya. 



15. Ipomoea obscura, Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Reg. (1817) t. 239. 

 Annual ; stems very long aud slender, often purplish, twining, glabrous 

 or with a few spreading hairs. Leaves 1-2^ by |-2 in., broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, subacute, entire, glabrous or more or less pubescent, thin ; 

 petioles 1-3 in. long, slender, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers rather 

 small, 1 or 2 (rarely 3) together; peduncles 1-2^ in. long; bracts 

 minute, linear-lanceolate ; pedicels :^-l^ in. long. Sepals | in. long, 

 subequal, oblong, subacute, shortly apiculate, minutely verrucose, 

 veined. Corolla infundibuliform, | in. long, yellow, or \^hite with the 

 plaits yellowish, with a small purple eye; mouth of limb wide, 1 in. in 

 diam. with shallow apiculate lobes. Capsules ^ in. long, ovoid, sub- 

 acute, glabrous. Seeds dark-brown, velvety. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 207; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 131 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 166 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 220 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 488. — Flowers during the greater part of the year. 

 Ver^n". Fungali. 



KoNKAN : common about Bombay, Graham, I) ah ell ^- Gibson. Deccan: Balzell Sf 

 Gibson, Dr. Lush ex Graham ; Poona, Cooke !, Woodrow ! S. M. Counthy : Belgaum, 

 Eitclrie, 485 ! ; Badami, Wooclroiv ; Dharwar, Cooke ! Gujarat : Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malaya, Mascarene Islands, Africa. 



16. Ipomoea biloba, Forsk. Fl. Mjypt.-Amh. (1775) p. 44. Eoot 

 large, long, with a thick brown bark ; stems numerous, very long, 

 prostrate, weak, rarely twining, cylindric, glabrous. Leaves 11-21 by 

 2-3 in., usually broader than long, usually deeply 2-lobed (the division 

 often extending half-way down, though sometiiues the leaf is merely 

 emarginate), fleshy, conspicuously parallel-veined, glabrous, cuneate or 

 truncate at the base; petioles 1-3^ in. long, glabrous. Flowers large, 

 usually solitary (sometimes 2-3) ; peduncles erect, 1-4^^ in. long; bracts 

 beneath the pedicels lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels i-l'^ in. long, stout. 

 Calyx glabrous, the 2 outer sepals smaller than the inner, g by | in., 

 oblong, obtuse, apiculate, the 3 inner .] by H in., elliplic-oblong, obtuse or 

 emarginate, apiculate. Corolla 3^-2 in. long, tubular-infundibuliform, 

 brilliant rose-purple with a deeper color in the tube, glabrous ; lobes 

 shallow, acute, apiculate. Filaments dilated and hairy at the base. 



